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Now during the reign of Zeno AugustusEmperor of the East, 474–491. at Constantinople, the patricianSee Vol. I, Introduction, p. xxviii; at this time a patricius outranked a praetorian prefect. Nepos came to the Port of the city of Rome,Portus Augusti, modern Porto; see Index I, Vol. I. deposed Glycerius,Emperor of the West, 473–474. Nepos forced him to become a priest, and soon after that he was made a—bishop at Salona. Julius Nepos was emperor from 474 to 475. who was made a bishop, while Nepos himself became emperor at Rome. Presently Nepos cameThe present participle in this writer is often used as a finite verb. to Ravenna; he was followed by the patrician Orestes with an army,Nepos had given him command of the troops in Gaul. and in fear of his coming Nepos embarked on board a ship and fled to Salona,Or Salonae (Caes., B.C. iii. 9, 1 f.), a Dalmatian seaport; modern Split (formerly Spalato) in Yugoslavia. where he remained for five years; but later he was slain by his own men. Soon after Nepos left Rome Augustulus was made emperor and ruled for ten years.
